White People Do Not Know How to Behave at Entertainments Designed for Ladies and Gentlemen of Colour
Subtitle: William Brown's African and American Theater
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: December 4, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780807827772
Subjects: Biography: general; Black studies; Theatre, drama; c 1800 to c 1900; New York (State); Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; Performing Arts; United States - 19th Century; Performing Arts/Dance; USA; Theater - History & Criticism; New York; African Grove; Minor Theatre; American Theatre; African Company; whiteface minstrelsy; stage Europeans; blackface minstrelsy; James Hewlett; Miss. S. Welsh; Ira Aldridge; African American theatre; African American performance tradition; acting; Social Science / African-American Studies; Brown, William Alexander; 19th century; African American theater; History; New York
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